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Games => Video Games => Topic started by: Eerongal on October 03, 2008, 10:29:57 PM

Title: Pandora game system preorders launched.
Post by: Eerongal on October 03, 2008, 10:29:57 PM

Pandora taking preorders until this sunday. (http://www.openpandora.org/)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a2/Pandora-latest-080508.jpg

for those who dont know, the Pandora is an "open source" portable gaming/media device. It has emulators for most systems up to the Playstation all ready developed for it, can play videos and music, and has wifi and bluetooth connections, and allows for web browsing. Note that being open source, and having emulators of each of these systems opens the doors for amateur game developers to create their own games that utilize these emulators to create and distribute games

Specs:

Texas Instruments OMAP3530 processor at 600MHz (Manufacturer reports that it can be overclocked to 900MHz[5])

128MB DDR-333 SDRAM

256MB NAND FLASH memory

IVA2+ audio and video processor (based on the TMS320C64x+ DSP Core at 430MHz) using TI's DaVinci technology

ARM Cortex-A8 superscalar microprocessor core

PowerVR SGX 530 (110 MHz) OpenGL ES 2.0 compliant 3D hardware

Integrated Wi-Fi 802.11b/g

Integrated Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR (3Mbit/s) (Class 2, +4dBm)[6]

800x480 resolution touchscreen LCD, 4.3" widescreen, 16.7 million colors (300 cd/m2 brightness, 450:1 contrast ratio)

Dual analog nubs; 15mm diameter, concave, 2mm travel from centre

Full gamepad controls plus shoulder buttons

Dual SDHC card slots (currently up to 64GB of storage)

Headphone output up to 150mW/channel into 16 ohms, 99dB SNR

TV output (composite and S-Video)

Internal microphone plus ability to connect external microphone through headset

43 button QWERTY and numeric keypad

USB 2.0 OTG port (480Mb/s) with capability to charge the Pandora

USB 2.0 HOST port (480Mb/s) capable of providing standard 500mA current to attached devices

Externally accessible UART for hardware hacking and debugging

Brick prevention with integrated bootloader for safe code experimentation

Runs the Linux kernel (2.6.x)

4000mAH rechargeable lithium ion battery

Approximately 10 hours of runtime for video / general applications and 100 hours for music playback

Dimensions: 140x83x27mm[6]

Title: Re: Pandora game system preorders launched.
Post by: Miyabi on October 03, 2008, 11:52:02 PM

That's pretty freakin sweat!

Title: Re: Pandora game system preorders launched.
Post by: CthulhuKefka on October 04, 2008, 06:13:11 AM

That looks awesome! Will probably wait until it drops in price a bit hehe.  ;D

Title: Re: Pandora game system preorders launched.
Post by: Miyabi on October 04, 2008, 05:16:08 PM

Quote from: CthulhuKefka on October 04, 2008, 06:13:11 AM

That looks awesome! Will probably wait until it drops in price a bit hehe.  ;D

No kidding, I could buy TWO Xbox 360 Elites for that price.

Title: Re: Pandora game system preorders launched.
Post by: MrPaperCamel on October 04, 2008, 06:37:24 PM

I will stick with my fancy gun-metal PS3 for now. =)

Title: Re: Pandora game system preorders launched.
Post by: Eerongal on October 06, 2008, 02:03:43 PM

yeah, my only beef with it, as well, is the price. I'm willing to give it the benefit of the doubt, price wise, since it's brand new, and when a system is new, it usually seems priced extremely high, however, this is still in the "way too much range" for me even with that in mind. If it were maybe 100 bucks cheaper, i would be all over it.

Love the idea, love the execution, dont like the price.